Isobelle Carmody is one of Australia's most highly acclaimed children’s authors. She started writing her first book, Obernewtyn, when she was 14 years old.

Andrew is an author and illustrator of picture books. He has presented sessions in schools and libraries from Alice Springs to Beijing and France. He also paints murals, and designs and builds theatre sets for schools and amateur theatre groups. Andrew’s book, The Poppy, is a story of Australian soldiers . . .

Caz Goodwin is an award-winning, internationally published children’s author. Her books have won or been shortlisted for awards including 2024 Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year, Speech Pathology Book of the Year and the National Arts Council Beyond Words Award (Singapore). Her picture book Grace and . . .

Joel McKerrow is an award-winning writer, speaker, children’s author, creativity specialist and one of Australia’s most successful, internationally-touring, performance poets. Full-time in his creative career for the past fifteen years, Joel has released seven spoken word/music albums, six poetry books. In March 2024, Joel releases his first Graphic Novel Series: . . .

Dannika Patterson is a children’s author, creative workshop presenter and Australia Reads ambassador. Through her books, school visits and workshops, Dannika aims to uplift and spark wonder, helping to foster ecological, social and self-awareness in a gentle, joyful way. With over 12 children’s picture book and early reader titles published across . . .

Harry Laing is a poet, comic performer and creative writing teacher with over 20 years’ experience in schools. His book of poems for 6-12-year-olds, Shoctopus, came out in 2015 and is proving a hit with both kids and teachers. talks and workshops Harry brings energy and a huge sense of fun . . .

James Phelan is the author of 30 books, including thrillers, young adult, and middle grade fiction. After studying architecture and working on the Federation Square design team, James studied English Literature and worked at The Age for five years. While there, he studied an MA Writing, then a PhD in . . .

Stef Gemmill is an international award-winning children’s author and offers fun, educational author talks and story workshops. Stef is an experienced children’s presenter and runs tailored story workshops for large groups from Prep to Year 8. Her workshops will inspire all students to get involved – from reluctant readers to . . .

Nicky is a mum to four boys, a primary educator, an artist, a public speaker, and author and illustrator of children’s books. She is passionate about the importance of teaching resilience and positive emotional well-being in children, and provides teacher and parent professional development seminars demonstrating opportunities to do this . . .

Michelle is an internationally published award-winning author of over ten empowering picture books for children of all ages. Her goal is to inspire all children to believe in themselves and encourage reluctant readers to fall in love with books. A two-time winner of the International Book Award for Children’s Hardcover . . .